Join us for an event designed in collaboration with Paul Hastings to bring together the community of impact in San Francisco. The program will address the challenges and opportunities that exist for social enterprises, particularly when it comes to funding and growing their business. This event is for all stakeholders involved in the impact world, and each will be represented during our programming. You can find details on this event below:
5:30pm Registration and Drinks
6:00pm Fireside Chat
6:30pm Panel Discussion, Q&A
7:15pm Mingle and Drinks
Registration: https://crm.phextranet.com/reaction/RSGenPage.asp?RSID=l9i7TrwvxK1YxZWp2asAvjmYOlu5klrGuV5QtexAcxw
Fireside Chat:
Shivani Siroya, Founder and CEO of Tala
Shivani Siroya is the founder and CEO of Tala, a mobile technology and data science company that is opening up financial access for underserved people globally. Tala’s smartphone app uses alternative data to deliver instant credit and help customers build their financial identities. Tala has disbursed more than $150M in credit throughout East Africa and the Philippines is rapidly expanding throughout Latin America and Southeast Asia. Tala, formerly known as InVenture, is backed by IVP, Ribbit Capital, Lowercase Capital, Data Collective, Collaborative Fund and other leading venture and impact investors. In 2016, Fast Company ranked Tala as one of its top 10 companies in Money, and Forbes named Tala as one of the top 50 FinTech companies in the world. Additionally, Tala’s work has been highlighted by Forbes, the New York Times, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, TED, and Wired, among others. Tala is headquartered in Santa Monica with additional offices in Nairobi and Manila.
Panelists:
Stu Fram, Lending Manager, Climate & Environment at RSF Social Finance